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Current AffairsWorld's astronauts, scientists, technicians meet for annual space congress
More than 2,000 astronauts, engineers and scientists are currently rubbing
shoulders at the Prague Congress Centre, for the annual International
Astronautical Congress. The meeting, being held here for the first time
since 1977, covers subjects as diverse as the future of the International
Space Station and whether there’s life on Mars.
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Current AffairsDanish expert: Analysis of Tycho Brahe’s remains could provide interesting clues to Denmark’s history
Czech authorities recently granted permission to experts from Denmark’s
Aarhus University to explore the grave of astronomer Tycho Brahe. The
famous Danish-born scholar died in Prague in 1601 under suspicious
circumstances. Peter Andersen, who has a theory linking Danish king
Christian to the astronomer’s death, says research should be done in
Denmark as well, and that the consequences could be far reaching.
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Czech men get a shot at the Mr World title; a red-faced and suffering chief
health officer; special beer offers for Valentine’s Day and the Olympics;
Eurovision star targeted by hackers; clearance for investigation into
400-year-old mystery; and rare species make a comeback in the mountains.
Find out more in Magazine with Chris Johnstone.
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Current AffairsMulti-million-crown projector becomes new star attraction at Prague Planetarium
The Prague Planetarium has gone digital. On Saturday, the attraction
unveiled a new, state-of-the-art, projection system, which allows onlookers
to witness the skies as they were hundreds of years ago. Earlier today, I
paid a visit to the Planetarium in the capital’s Stromovka Park to talk
to technical director Jan Šifner about the site’s newest attraction:
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One on OneAstronomer Jiří Grygar on a life of promoting stargazing and scepticism
It’s pretty fair to say that anybody in the Czech Republic who knows
anything about astronomy has learned at least some of it from Dr. Jiří
Grygar. Something of a Czech Carl Sagan, Dr. Grygar has been a frequent
personality of Czech and Slovak television screens since his popular
programme “Windows Wide Open to Space” in the late 1970’s. He was the
chairman of the Czech Astronomical Society and is one of the founding
members of the Czech club of sceptics, Sisyfos, which battles pseudoscience
and charlatanism in the Czech media. I met Dr. Grygar in his tiny office at
the Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences, and asked him to tell me
about how he first became interested in his life’s passion.
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Current AffairsMuseum commemorating Johannes Kepler’s stay in Prague opens to public
Over the centuries, Prague has hosted many outstanding scientists from
across Europe – among them the German mathematician and astronomer
Johannes Kepler. Kepler spent a full twelve years of his life in the
Bohemian capital at the beginning of the 17th century and it was here that
he carried out some of the most important observations. This week a new
museum opens to the public in Prague in the actual house where the
astronomer lived 400 years ago.
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SpecialDanish researchers hope to solve 400-year-old “murder mystery”
Fame, envy, intrigue and murder –that is what some suspect surrounded the
mysterious death of Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer who died in Prague in
1601 as one of the most distinguished scholars of his time. Several
theories exist about the cause of his death, and some experts actually
claim he was given a lethal dose of mercury. A team of Danish experts are
now going to officially ask the Czech authorities for permission to open
his grave in order to analyse his remains.
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This week in Mailbox: the proposed exhumation of the remains of the Danish
astronomer Tycho Brahe, the history of Charles University, a link to the
latest edition of Czech Books, the government’s approval to sell the
Czech national carrier. Listeners quoted: Swen Gummich, Klaus Jurascheck,
Abigail Hirsch, Aloisie Krasny.
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